31973R0018

No L 5 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 1 . 73

REGULATION (EEC ) No 18/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 January 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it follows from applying the rules and COMMUNITIES, other provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1872/72 to the offer prices and today's quotations Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ known to the Commission that the levies at pres­ pean Economic Community ; ent in force should be altered as shown in the Having regard to Council Regulation No Table annexed to this Regulation ; 359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ ganisation of the market in rice, as last amended HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : by Regulation (EEC ) No 2429/72 ( 2 ), and in parti­ cular Article 11 (5 ) thereof ; Article 1 Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice were fixed by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1872/72 ( 3 ) and subsequent amending Regulations ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) and (b) of Regulation No Whereas , if the currency of a third country moves 359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the outside the margins of fluctuation agreed under the Table annexed to this Regulation . Washington agreement of 18 December 1971 , a conversion rate based on the current market rate Article 2 for that currency should, following consultation with the Monetary Committee, be used for the This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January purpose of calculating levies ; 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 4 January 1973 . For the Commission The Vice-President Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA

(M OJ No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967 , p. 1 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 . (a ) OJ No L 200 , 1 . 9 . 1972 , p. 10 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

( u.a. / lOO kg)

CCT Third AASM / heading Description of goods countries OCT H (2) No

10.06 Rice : A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : I. Paddy rice : a) Round grained 3-616 1-749 b ) Long grained 5-480 2-774 II . Husked rice : a ) Round grained 4-520 2-186 b ) Long grained 6-850 3-468 B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : a ) Round grained 8-582 4-066 b ) Long grained 15-457 7-849 II . Wholly milled rice : a ) Round grained 9-140 4-335 b ) Long grained 16-570 8-421 C. Broken rice 0-930 0-292

(') Regulation (EEC ) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT . ( 2) This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 540/70.